Oscar bee be



OBEBB. SASH HOLDER.

(No Mqdel.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR BEEBE, OF HORNELLSVILLE, NEW YORK, ASSIGN OR OF ONE-.HALF TOEDVARD F. VILLETS, OF SAME PLACE.

SASH-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 456,078, dated July 14,1891.

Application filed January 2l, 1891. Serial No. 878,571. (No model.)

Axo vice means for positively and securely lockinga window-sash at anypoint,whether closed or opened, and to provide means for temporarilysupporting the sash when the same is elevated and has been unlocked,whereby i said sash is prevented from falling by its own weight.

Other objects and advantages of the inven-v tion will appear in thefollowing description, and the novel features thereof will be parzoticularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a combinedsash lock and holder constructed in accordance with my invention andshowing it app'liedin position. Fig. 2 is a perspective ot the device asremoved from the sash. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section of thesame. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the housing-sections. Fig.5 is a rear elevation of the device. 3o Fig. 6 is a perspectiveview ofthe upper end of a modified construction of a lock and holder. Likenumerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings. In practicing my invention I construct a housing 1, preferablyof two cast-metal longitudinal sections 2 and 3, respectively, and thesame are provided at their lower ends with inwardlydisposed meetingflanges 4, from the under sides of which depend verti- 4o cal flanges 5,the meeting edges of which are each provided with a semicircular openingG, said vertical flanges 5 being set back. a very slight distance fromthe face of the housing. The opposite sections or side wallsA are eachprovided with an inclined slot 7, and in rear of the same with a pair ofinclined walls 8, the inner faces of which are transversely corrugatedor roughened, as shown. The two sections are connected at their upperends by 5o a transverse pin 9, which also passes through thebearing-ears 10, formed upon the rearface near the lower end of asecuring-plate 11, said plate being provided with one or more screwholes12, and at their lower ends the sections are secured together by a bolt9. A threaded 55 bolt 13 passes through the opening 6, formed in theflanges 5,and has mounted upon its rear threaded end an adjusting-nut14, interposed between which and the flanges 5 is a coiled .or hub 20,from one'end of which there extends a segmental cam 21, eccentric withrelation to the hub and of awidth adapting the 7o same to loosely tbetween the sections of the housing. A coiled spring 22 extends aroundthe hub or shaft 20. Has one end fastened to the section 2 and theopposite end bearing against a lug 23, formed upon the under side of thecam 2l. 'l

24 designates a preferably wooden roller provided with trunnions 25.rlhe rolleris located in the lower end of the housing and fits looselybetween the sides 2 and 3 and nor- 8p mally .remains in a curved seat26, formed in vthe bottom of the housing in front of the corrugatedinclined wall 8.

From one side of the cam-eccentric 21 there extends forwardly a handle27, the connection of which with the cam eccentric forms a shoulder,which rides in a curved recess formed in the front edge of the section3, the ends of the recess forming a stop for the lever or handle in itsmovement. The handle is provided at 9o opposite sides with curved arms29, Which take at the outside of the casing.

This completes the construction of my coinbined lock and holder forsashes, and the operation of the same is as follows: The device is setinto an opening orrecess formed in the jamb of the Window-frame, thelength of the recess being slightly greater than that of the casing orhousing, and screws are passed through the securing-plates into thejamb. Ico The nut 14, fitting against the under side of the housingyismaintained thereby from turning, and by using` a screw-driver upon theend of the bolt 13 said bolt may be located and the nut made to traveltoward or away from the head of the bolt, and thus increase or decreasethe tension oi' the spring l5. In mounting the sash in the jamb-framethe levei of thefastener is depressed against the tension of its spring,so as to bring the upper flat face of the cam opposite the sash frame.The sash may be raised without touching the lever, the wooden rollerreadily traveling to the rear and permitting of sucli movement. Afterthe sash has reached a suitable height the lower portion of thecorrugated cani is thrown automatically outward against the side rail ofthe sash, against which latter it binds. It is now impossible to lowerthe sash without first depressing the lever and again bringing the plainupper face of the cam into juxtaposition with the side rail ot' thesash. Vhen this has been done, the sash is released and would fall byits own weight were it not for the wooden roller loosely seated andlocated at the lower end ot the housing. This roller is prevented fromrotating and thus releasing the sash and permitting it to fall andshiver the panes of glass by reason of the rear inclined corrugated wall8. To close the window, the lever must be depressed and some forceexerted to force the. window down, which latter movement causes the siderail of the sash to torce the housing inwardly, the same readilyyielding by reason ot the ilexihle or loose connection between the endsof the plates and the housing. After the window has been lowered the camacts to relock it in the same manner as heretofore described.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have provided acheap and simple combined holder and lock to be used upon unweiglitedwindows, and which will prevent the falling of the window when unlocked,and will automatically lock the same in any of its positions.

The plate 29 and arni or lever 27 may be omitted, and in lieu thereof alever 30 may be mounted loosely in a bracket 3l, and have its rear endloosely connected by a link or rod 32 to an arm 33 extending down fromthe lower end of the cam 2l.

Having described my invention, what I claim is-n 1. Thelierein-describedcombined sash lock and holder, consisting of the oblong housingterminating at its lower end in a seat and having its opposite sidewalls provided with inclined slots, a roller seated in the seat andhaving trunnions extending into the slots, a shaft journaled in the sidewalls of the housing above the slots, a segmental eain extending fromthe shaft and provided with a handle and upon its under side with astop-lug, and a coiled spring coiled about the shaft', secured at oneend to the housing and at its opposite end terminating against the lug,substantially as specified.

2. The liereiii-deseribed combined lock and holder, the same consistingof the oblong housing, the upper and lower securing plates looselyconnected thereto, a spring for pressing the housing to the front, theearn for binding against the sash, and the roller mounted in a curvedseat in the bottom ot the housing and adapted to travel up an inclinedrear corrugated wall, substantially as specified.

The lierein-described casin g tor the conibined lock and holder, thesaine consisting ot the housing formed of opposite cast-metal sections,each provided with lower inwardlydisposed bottom ilianges below thesaine, with depending iianges having seinicircular correspondingrecesses at their inner edges, said bottom fianges combining to form acurved seat, a securing-plate having pertorations located between theupper ends of the sections, a bolt passing therethrough, asecuring-plate located at the lower end of the housing, a loose boltpassing therethrough and through the seinicircular recesses ot thedepending iianges, a nut upon the bolt, and a spring between the nut anddepending iianges, substantially as specified.

4. The herein-described housing having upper and lower securing -platesloosely connected thereto, a spring adj iistably mounted in rear of thehousing and adapted to force the same outwardly, and sash-lockingdevices mounted in the housing, substantially as specified.

5. The lierein-described combined sash lock and holder, comprising theupper and lower securing-plates ll 17, the housing pivoted to the upperplate 1l and having a spring connection with thelower plate 17, and thesashlocking devices mounted in thehousing, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiiixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

OSCAR BEEBE.

NVitnesses:

C. K. MASON, E. F. WILLn'rs.

